My experience with it wasn't quite the same, but was similar. When I was looking at it, it was very much in that category of cert that was mostly about memorizing the study guides/books, and less about building/proving a skillset (which, as mentioned, is hardly uncommon with IT certs unfortunately).
Where it did have some "value" was that it was a well-known cert that was very useful for "proving" that your org was in compliance. A badge you could hang to auditors and costumers/clients that said you knew your stuff. Again, hardly uncommon with IT certs. :\
I don't think it's completely worthless. Depending on where you're at in your career, it can be a useful experience. But it should, I think, be treated like a (relatively) beginner-tier cert. Something you might consider at an early point in your journey, but not one I'd necessarily build your resume around. I also think that it's value may depend a lot on exactly what your role in an organization looks like. CEH for an entry-level pen tester or incident handler? Yeah, maybe. For something like an IAM developer or a privacy analyst... eh, less so.
This is just gutting to hear about. I'm so incredibly disappointed. I genuinely, and naively as it turns out, thought the EU "leadership" was better than this. :(
Just to clarify: MST3k did the sequel to this. Season 3, Episode 1 "Cave Dwellers" (aka "The Blade Master", "Ator 2: L'invincible Orion"). Rifftrax later went back and did this movie, the first in the series.
My experiences with these kinds of headhunters has been "mixed", trending toward "poor". Most were useless. They would show up with "opportunities" then I'd never hear from them again. These people/companies typically, as I understand it, work "in bulk". They're just harvesting as many resumes as they can, throwing buckets of them at employers and hoping something sticks. They aren't really going to put any meaningful effort into helping you.
That said, a rare few have really stepped up. The last one I worked with back around 2012, really went out of his way to get me in with a company and secure me a good offer. So they do exist. But, in my experience at least, they are rare.
You're in a tricky position. You're looking for a relatively senior position. You'll be up against a fair amount of competition for somewhat rare roles with very specific requirements. There's just not going to be a ton of those director+ level roles out there at any given time. But don't give up and don't give up hope. Those recruiters do exist, as do those jobs. Good luck!
Not a lot is standing out to me as a must-buy (in part because I already have a lot in my library). Kind of thinking about Last Train Home, 9 Kings, and Knights in Tight Spaces. A part of me has also been thinking about snagging the old Guild Wars trilogy. GW1 is ancient by gaming standards, but still has a lot to offer.
Looking over his IMDB credits the first thing that stands out is that he's been in a TON of stuff I've never even heard about. I obviously need to do some catch-up work. Of the stuff he's been in that I have seen:
Cowboy Bebop - I didn't really like the series as a whole, but I liked him in it.
Star Trek - I really liked his(their) take on Hikaru Sulu. The movies...eh... but his (and several other) individual performances were really solid.
H&K Go To White Castle - Incredibly stupid movie that's also really damn fun.
As others have said, it depends where you draw the line on what is a "gadget". But ignoring some of the obvious ones that have already been mentioned several times: I think I might have to go with my desktop audio mixing board. It lets me easily mix sound from multiple computers/devices and run them all into one set of headphones or speakers. I can adjust the volume of each input independently and without futzing with the settings in individual software applications/systems.
My other mention would go to my Raspberry Pi's. Incredibly compact, low-power-usage, but potent, versatile computers. Even just one or two can power a broad suite of at-home/self-hosted services, removing the need for costly, privacy-invasive/insecure, third-party services.
I remember running into this as well. It's because Plex installs itself with its own user. So post-install, you need to add the Plex account to your user Group and restart the service.
sudo usermod -a -G plex
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Just wouldn't be a proper Sounders game if we didn't lose at least one player to injury for a few weeks.
Drink gasoline? In this economy?!
My experience with it wasn't quite the same, but was similar. When I was looking at it, it was very much in that category of cert that was mostly about memorizing the study guides/books, and less about building/proving a skillset (which, as mentioned, is hardly uncommon with IT certs unfortunately).
Where it did have some "value" was that it was a well-known cert that was very useful for "proving" that your org was in compliance. A badge you could hang to auditors and costumers/clients that said you knew your stuff. Again, hardly uncommon with IT certs. :\
I don't think it's completely worthless. Depending on where you're at in your career, it can be a useful experience. But it should, I think, be treated like a (relatively) beginner-tier cert. Something you might consider at an early point in your journey, but not one I'd necessarily build your resume around. I also think that it's value may depend a lot on exactly what your role in an organization looks like. CEH for an entry-level pen tester or incident handler? Yeah, maybe. For something like an IAM developer or a privacy analyst... eh, less so.
This is exactly the kind of thing I want! Perfect!
This is just gutting to hear about. I'm so incredibly disappointed. I genuinely, and naively as it turns out, thought the EU "leadership" was better than this. :(
That moment you're reminded that, oh yeah, this guy was a comedian back in simpler times.
Remember, if you see someone stealing from a data center.... no, you didn't.
Heck, at this point it's just amazing that their air defense brought down anything.
Hey, man, I don't think you can park there...
1,582 days as of this morning.
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Just to clarify: MST3k did the sequel to this. Season 3, Episode 1 "Cave Dwellers" (aka "The Blade Master", "Ator 2: L'invincible Orion"). Rifftrax later went back and did this movie, the first in the series.
Let me fix that for you: "When an AI bubble pops..."
My experiences with these kinds of headhunters has been "mixed", trending toward "poor". Most were useless. They would show up with "opportunities" then I'd never hear from them again. These people/companies typically, as I understand it, work "in bulk". They're just harvesting as many resumes as they can, throwing buckets of them at employers and hoping something sticks. They aren't really going to put any meaningful effort into helping you.
That said, a rare few have really stepped up. The last one I worked with back around 2012, really went out of his way to get me in with a company and secure me a good offer. So they do exist. But, in my experience at least, they are rare.
You're in a tricky position. You're looking for a relatively senior position. You'll be up against a fair amount of competition for somewhat rare roles with very specific requirements. There's just not going to be a ton of those director+ level roles out there at any given time. But don't give up and don't give up hope. Those recruiters do exist, as do those jobs. Good luck!
Not a lot is standing out to me as a must-buy (in part because I already have a lot in my library). Kind of thinking about Last Train Home, 9 Kings, and Knights in Tight Spaces. A part of me has also been thinking about snagging the old Guild Wars trilogy. GW1 is ancient by gaming standards, but still has a lot to offer.
Looking over his IMDB credits the first thing that stands out is that he's been in a TON of stuff I've never even heard about. I obviously need to do some catch-up work. Of the stuff he's been in that I have seen:
Cowboy Bebop - I didn't really like the series as a whole, but I liked him in it.
Star Trek - I really liked his(their) take on Hikaru Sulu. The movies...eh... but his (and several other) individual performances were really solid.
H&K Go To White Castle - Incredibly stupid movie that's also really damn fun.
As others have said, it depends where you draw the line on what is a "gadget". But ignoring some of the obvious ones that have already been mentioned several times: I think I might have to go with my desktop audio mixing board. It lets me easily mix sound from multiple computers/devices and run them all into one set of headphones or speakers. I can adjust the volume of each input independently and without futzing with the settings in individual software applications/systems.
My other mention would go to my Raspberry Pi's. Incredibly compact, low-power-usage, but potent, versatile computers. Even just one or two can power a broad suite of at-home/self-hosted services, removing the need for costly, privacy-invasive/insecure, third-party services.
I haven't worked with it myself as I'm not working on Japanese right now, but I had a recommendation recently for Satori Reader.
Well, that would explain a lot.
I'm also guessing that at "up to 30%" of the company's leadership decisions are being made by AI too.
I remember running into this as well. It's because Plex installs itself with its own user. So post-install, you need to add the Plex account to your user Group and restart the service.
sudo usermod -a -G plex
sudo service plexmediaserver restart
Two commands and bam! You're in business.
ref: https://askubuntu.com/questions/458547/i-cannot-get-plex-server-to-see-any-directories#1472193